Destroyer8000

That one was recorded on TV4 HD at 0.8W

I just tried the latest openpli-4.0-beta-dm800se-20141107, that's supposed to have ac3+ patch?

The sound is slightly better but I can still hear the sound getting distorted especially when music is played. Not that easy to distinguish if just talk...

I also hear the "artifacts" on lower bitrate AC3 now, like this 6ch 384kbit grabbed from C More Hits...

https://www.dropbox....384kbit.ts?dl=0

Here's an example ts.

https://www.dropbox....576kbit.ts?dl=0

Any bitrate over 384 kbit is AC3+.

Not all receivers/tv's etc. can handle this, which is probably why you have no sound without AC3 downmix.

Well not so sure VLC says Codec A52 and not A/52 B which it does when playing E-AC3 (ac3+)

So I think the bad sound still originates from a plain AC3, which should allow bitrates up to 640kbit

Same louzy sound here, seems to be higher bit rate AC3 streams, did some test recordings the one i tried with bad sound were 2ch 576kbit.

Another that sounds ok is 6ch 384kbit.